You spoke and we listened: We added a last-minute workshop to our February calendar on the Science of Financial Goals. This is our Science of Goals workshop -- revamped to focus specifically on money, including new tools to get through the most common financial goal blocks. If you're ready to get serious about your financial badassery plan, join us. One of the things we'll be covering: How to leverage your environment to achieve your goal. The science: Experimental psychology researchers have found that our environment can predict a surprising amount of our behavior. The current theory is that the majority of...

On January 23rd, we're bringing you a new workshop on the Psychology of Positive Influence. What do we mean by “Positive Influence”? Positive influence is when we want to convince others to help us make changes that ultimately make our world a little better. Versus changes that just benefit us, and screw the rest of the world. Nelson Mandela -- positive influencer. The creator of the tide pod challenge, just an influencer. Furthermore, leadership guru Stephen Covey says that true influence requires both consideration and courage. Let’s break it down: Consideration means thinking about what others need, what they feel,...

On Friday, September 7th, we will be hosting our first Deep Dive, which will focus on financial goals: Whether it's saving more money, saving for a specific purpose, paying off debt, earning more, or earning the same amount but for different work/different hours. This session is great for all financial goals. If you're coming to the workshop the exercise below is a good way to prepare for it. If you're not able to make it on September 7th, this exercise is a great way to get started on your financial goals on your own. Financial Habit Exercise: Get Romantic with Money Step...

Looking for an alternative to the ambitious New Year's Resolution? Try quarterly resolutions (Q Resolutions), for a psychology-based method to slay those aspirations. THE GISTRather than come up with a big whopper of a New Year's resolution, (which honestly freaks me out) you can break up the year into chunks by making quarterly resolutions (Q Resolutions) that build on each other. Let's illustrate this with an example -- let's say you want to exercise regularly in 2018 (one of my personal goals for 2018) -- here's how I'd transform this into Q Resolutions: Q1 Resolution (Jan - March)Sign up for 1 super fun...

Our Goal Trackers are based on the science of goal achievement and motivation. Read below to learn more about the psychology of each section and examples for how to use it towards your own goals. #1: What's your goal? This one is easy -- write down your goal as specifically as you can, for example, do you want to learn a new skill? Save up for a car? Get that passion project going? Hell, even just clean out your fridge or get 15 minutes of exercise every day? Whatever it is, big or small, write it down. Research shows that writing...